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[jd2010]

And just like that after 28 games undefeated I lose to 12th placed Empoli

 

[Shoei]

How different are your 3 tactics? And how often do you mix it up even when on winning runs?

I think I've found that if you stick with 1 winning formula too consistently FM find a way to play around it. And then as we know once 1 shaky result comes generally a couple more and a couple more after that.

But if you have 2 similar tactics with slight differences and mix them up every 2-3 games they struggle to work this out. Then having a 3rd completely different for when it looks like the ******* is coming you go to that at HT in the same you're struggling in and it recovers results. I'm playing a 3-5-2 and 3-4-3 which are attacking and direct and overall pretty similar. I've then got a more possession based 4-2-3-1 which I can throw in every now and then.

I'm currently in March with Inter and apart from a 1st leg fully rotated loss to Rangers I am undefeated since the end of August when I lost on MD2 against Roma 0-1. 23-5-1 in the league. Bizzarely 4 of my 5 draws are 0-0. So basically in 23 of the 24 games I've scored in the league I've won.

RIP your unbeaten streak.

I'm loathed to change tactics but normally will do it around Christmas then change it back for the run home. I find that if I change it too much it has the opposite effect and for whatever reason the team just tanks no matter how adept they are to the changed tactic.

 

[jd2010]

RIP your unbeaten streak.

I'm loathed to change tactics but normally will do it around Christmas then change it back for the run home. I find that if I change it too much it has the opposite effect and for whatever reason the team just tanks no matter how adept they are to the changed tactic.

I say to Cruyff14 quite often it's great how different people can play the game so differently

 

[DBAH0]

 

[DBAH0]

 

[Jatz]

I'm honestly so confused why anyone would pay $70 for this when you can kind of do the same thing on the F1 game. Like is it really worth $70 more to not drive the car? Haha

 

[Cruyff14]

Fired up FM again for the first time in a few months.

Won the league and COC, lost in the FA Cup semi and CL semi to City.

Did some decent business over the summer.

 

[Marcel Proust]

Fired up FM again for the first time in a few months.

Won the league and COC, lost in the FA Cup semi and CL semi to City.

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Did some decent business over the summer.

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Why not use the update? Sortitoutsi

 

[Cruyff14]

Why not use the update? Sortitoutsi

I resumed a file I started months ago.

 

[Marcel Proust]

I resumed a file I started months ago.

Well get the update.

Gabriel. Vieria. Zinchenko are as good as vlahovic, jwp, dimarco anyway

 

[Cruyff14]

Well get the update.

Gabriel. Vieria. Zinchenko are as good as vlahovic, jwp, dimarco anyway

No.

And they are most definitely not as good as Vlahovic.

 

[jod23]

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Haaland finally retiring in my save. Still easily the best player in the game at 37 but I'm glad to be rid of playing against him.

Ooft, just got there. Finishing 8 goals clear of Ian Rush record goal tally for Liverpool.

 

[jod23]

I have FM2020 so I'm a couple of years behind.

Thought I'd fire up a game and take a challenge on instead of going with Liverpool which is always my go to.

I decided to take on a Championship team and realised back when this game came out Bellingham was still with Birmingham so decided to take them over. Finances said they were ok but I wasnt expecting a 200k transfer budget and being basically capped at wage budget to not even be able to bring more than one player in on loan.

Long road ahead.

Bellingham is pretty good though haha.

 

[DBAH0]

I'm honestly so confused why anyone would pay $70 for this when you can kind of do the same thing on the F1 game. Like is it really worth $70 more to not drive the car? Haha

I mean when you get crashes like this....

 

[Magma]

I mean when you get crashes like this....

the ferrari one feels possible in real life

 

[Jatz]

I mean when you get crashes like this....

Ok when you put it like that...haha

 

[Jatz]

the ferrari one feels possible in real life

Is it bad that I want to see that happen?

 

[jod23]

Birmingham sacked me with like 8 or so games to go in the season. Pretty annoying really. They wanted me to finish top half so I guess that's 12th and above but gave me no money to spend on the squad, in fact they were so tight, I could only bring in one player on loan really and that was Troy Parrott. Later in January I could terminate two loans to scrubs they were loaning and brought in James Garner on loan in midfield.

I had Birmingham in 14th. Very comfortably away from relegation and 6 points behind the team in 12th which would signify a top half finish. I lost in the third round of the FA Cup to Brentford but purposely threw that game and played reserves. We had drew the first time around so needed a replay, by then we knew our next round opponent was Manchester United. We were in some patchy form and didnt want to get battered by United so decided to just lose to Brentford, free up the schedule and also rest my first team.

In the league cup, we managed upsets against Crystal Palace and Tottenham to make it through to the QF's where we lost to Leicester.

Like I dont know what more they wanted me to do?? Let me play out the season, finish 14th and then let me make some changes in the summer and I dont know, give me a little bit of money to work with. But no, they sacked me. Haha. Shame.

They hired Mark Hughes I think as a replacement and ended up finishing 16th.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Anyone played as Wrexham yet?

 

[Jatz]

Anyone played as Wrexham yet?

That's a good shout actually. That'd probably be a fun save.

 

[jd2010]

Anyone played as Wrexham yet?

They got me thinking of a new save. I was going to do a new save as Burton Albion but the long slog got me. Reckon I'll park 22 and wait for a few months for 23. Or give 1 last spurs save a roll

 

[Magma]

fm23 will have uefa competition licensing. out november 8th

 

[jd2010]

Brighton might be a good final save for fm22

 

[Marcel Proust]

Anyone played as Wrexham yet?

How much money they given?

 

[Bojan KantKick]

How much money they given?

No idea